Survival outcomes did not change significantly for patients with melanoma of the trunk or extremity when treated with Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS) compared with wide local excision, according to the results of a retrospective cohort study published recently in JAMA Dermatology. The retrospective cohort study was designed because previous studies indicated differences in overall survival outcomes for patients with head and neck cancers. However, this study indicates that those results do not a...

With high rates of metastasis and progression, locally advanced/oligometastatic melanoma is a challenging disease to treat. According to results of a trial recently presented at the European Medical Society for Oncology (ESMO) Virtual Congress, neoadjuvant ipilimumab/nivolumab is a safe and effective treatment for patients with this disease. In this interview with i3 Health, lead study author Emilia Cocorocchio, MD, discusses the benefits of neoadjuvant ipilimumab/nivolumab and shares advice for...

Nivolumab/ipilimumab demonstrates efficacy in patients with melanoma and brain metastases, according to results of the primary analysis of the phase 3 NIBIT-M2 trial, presented at the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) Virtual Congress 2020. "Brain metastases represent a high unmet medical need, in which the therapeutic potential of immune-checkpoint(s) is being actively investigated," note the investigators in their presentation abstract, led by Anna Di Giacomo, MD, Associate Director ...

Recently, the FDA approved a new indication for atezolizumab (Tecentriq®, Genentech) in combination with vemurafenib (Zelboraf®, Genentech and Daiichi-Sankyo) and cobimetinib (Cotellic®, Genentech) for the treatment of BRAF V600-mutant advanced melanoma. In this interview with i3 Health, Paolo A. Ascierto, MD, principal investigator of the IMspire150 trial, on which the approval was based, discusses the approval's significance and the most promising research developments in the treatment of BRAF...

The FDA has approved a new indication for atezolizumab (Tecentriq®, Genentech) in combination with cobimetinib (Cotellic®, Genentech) and vemurafenib (Zelboraf®, Genentech and Daiichi-Sankyo) for the treatment of BRAF V600-mutated advanced melanoma. The approval was granted under a supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) with priority review. The approval was based on data from the double-blind, international phase 3 IMspire150 trial (NCT02908672), for which 514 patients with unresecta...